---
title: "Get repository permissions for a user"
method: GET
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username}/permission"
tags: ["repos"]
---

# Get repository permissions for a user

`GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username}/permission`

Checks the repository permission of a collaborator. The possible repository
permissions are `admin`, `write`, `read`, and `none`.

*Note*: The `permission` attribute provides the legacy base roles of `admin`, `write`, `read`, and `none`, where the
`maintain` role is mapped to `write` and the `triage` role is mapped to `read`. To determine the role assigned to the
collaborator, see the `role_name` attribute, which will provide the full role name, including custom roles. The
`permissions` hash can also be used to determine which base level of access the collaborator has to the repository.

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required
- `username` string, required

## Response `200`

if user has admin permissions

- RepositoryCollaboratorPermission — Repository Collaborator Permission
  - `permission` string, required
  - `role_name` string, required
  - `user` NullableCollaborator, nullable, required — Collaborator
    - `login` string, required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `email` string, nullable
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `node_id` string, required
    - `avatar_url` string, uri, required
    - `gravatar_id` string, nullable, required
    - `url` string, uri, required
    - `html_url` string, uri, required
    - `followers_url` string, uri, required
    - `following_url` string, required
    - `gists_url` string, required
    - `starred_url` string, required
    - `subscriptions_url` string, uri, required
    - `organizations_url` string, uri, required
    - `repos_url` string, uri, required
    - `events_url` string, required
    - `received_events_url` string, uri, required
    - `type` string, required
    - `site_admin` boolean, required
    - `permissions` object
      - `pull` boolean, required
      - `triage` boolean
      - `push` boolean, required
      - `maintain` boolean
      - `admin` boolean, required
    - `role_name` string

## Other responses

- `404` — Resource not found

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